Transgender Health Care Issues
Concerns: Medical Care (Info. from lgbthealthchannel)
-Bias and discrimination in the medical community
-Delayed medical care
-Lack of Cohort studies and lack of research on long-term hormone effects
Mental Health
- Few providers are experienced with Transgender patients
-Reluctance to seek medical attention and limited access due to insurance policies
-Insensitive providers
-Negative reaction to transitioning from peers
Hormonal Thearpy
-May not be covered by insurance
-Risks associated with unsupervised thearpy
Surgical alteration of body
-Cost (M to F = $100,000/ F to M 250,000 total tranition costs w/surgery)
-Few surgeons experienced with SRS
-Post-op complications
Health Care Guidelines:
Male to Female
-Hormone thearpy supervision
-Postorchiectomy care
-Clinical and self-breast exams
-Clinical prostate exams
-Clinical vaginal exams and pap smear after vaginal creation
-Colonoscopy
Female to Male
-Examination (before hysterectomy) of the ovaries and uterus
-Hormony thearpy supervision
-Self breast exams and mammography until breast removal
-Penis exams after creation of the penis
-Vaginal exams and pap smear until creation of the penis
-Colonoscopy
Both:
-Care of initial anatomical sex
-Care of anatomical changes
For more information go to: http://lgbthealth.healthcommunities.com/transgender/index.shtml
Concerns: Medical Care (Info. from lgbthealthchannel)
-Bias and discrimination in the medical community
-Delayed medical care
-Lack of Cohort studies and lack of research on long-term hormone effects
Mental Health
- Few providers are experienced with Transgender patients
-Reluctance to seek medical attention and limited access due to insurance policies
-Insensitive providers
-Negative reaction to transitioning from peers
Hormonal Thearpy
-May not be covered by insurance
-Risks associated with unsupervised thearpy
Surgical alteration of body
-Cost (M to F = $100,000/ F to M 250,000 total tranition costs w/surgery)
-Few surgeons experienced with SRS
-Post-op complications
Health Care Guidelines:
Male to Female
-Hormone thearpy supervision
-Postorchiectomy care
-Clinical and self-breast exams
-Clinical prostate exams
-Clinical vaginal exams and pap smear after vaginal creation
-Colonoscopy
Female to Male
-Examination (before hysterectomy) of the ovaries and uterus
-Hormony thearpy supervision
-Self breast exams and mammography until breast removal
-Penis exams after creation of the penis
-Vaginal exams and pap smear until creation of the penis
-Colonoscopy
Both:
-Care of initial anatomical sex
-Care of anatomical changes
For more information go to: http://lgbthealth.healthcommunities.com/transgender/index.shtml